Water-cooler.



No. 648,904. Patened Nay l, IQO. C. W. HART.

WATER COOLER.

(Application filed July l?, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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No. 643,904. Patented May l, |900.

C. W. HART.

WATER COOLER.

(Appnaeion ma .my 17, 1699.) v (No Model.) 2. Sheets-Sheet UNITED STATES nrnNr Fries.

OHARLESV. HART, OF TROY, NEV YORK.

WATER-COOLER.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,904, dated May 1,1900.

Application tiled July 17,1899. Serial No. 724,065. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t nba/y concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. HART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

Theinvention relates to suchimprovemen ts g and it consists of the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described.

and subsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the reference characters markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a View in central vertical section of my improved watercooler. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the removable tray which surrounds and supports the water-receptacle and supports the broken ice. Fig. 3 is a View inside elevation of the rubber packing for thespigot. Fig. 4 is a vplanview of the same. Fig. 5 is a central vertical section, taken on the broken line 5 5in Figi 1, through the bottom of the inclosure and Water-receptacle and through the attened pipe and spigot.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and eicient means for supplying cold water for domestic purposes Without contamination or exposure of the water to the impurities of the refrigerating agent.

Referring lto the drawings,- 1 is a suitable inclosure having the bottom 2 and removable top or cover 3, which may be made of Wood or other suitable material, preferably impervious to water. The inclosure is provided with a pipe 4, extending along its bottom, preferably within the inclosure,'and projected at its outer end through an aperture in the side wall of the inclosure, the pipe tightly fitting said aperture and being secured to,

wardly-projecting spigot G, adapted to enter and it tightly within an aperture 7 formed in the bottom of the water-receptacle 8, preferably at the center thereof.l

The water-receptacle maj, be made of glass, earthenware, or other material suitable for containing water and is preferably circular in cross-section or of general cylindrical form and adapted to be removably supported within the inclosure, leaving a free space 9 between said receptacle and the inclosure-walls adapted to contain a supply of cracked ice 10 for maintaining the water at a low temperature.

The inclosure is provided with a transverse apertured diaphragm, preferably in the form of a removable tray 12, adapted to receive in its central aperture 13 the body of the water-receptacle and support the same intermediately of its ends and also adapted to support the supply of cracked ice in the upper part of the inclosure out of contact with the drip-water from the melting ice, a free space or chamber- 14 being thereby provided in the bottom of the inclosure for the accumulation of the drip-Water, which can be drawn olf by means of the petcock 15 as desired.

The pipe 4 is provided at its outer end with a nozzle and is also provided with a controlling-valve, which may be of any known form, by means of which the water may be drawn off from the receptacle 8 and the flow regulated and controlled as desired. Ihave shown in the drawings a nozzle 16, having a spigot ,end 17 tting within and rotary within the y barrel 1S on the outer end of the pipe 4, the wall of the spigot end of the nozzle being provided with a valve-aperture 19, adapted vto register with the pipe-aperture 20 when the nozzle is swung down to the position indif cated by. dotted lines in Fig. 1, in which position the valve is open and adapted to be closed'by the barrel-wall when the nozzle is swung up to the position shown by solid lines in such figure.v This construction of` valve and `nozzle is substantially the same as that shown and described in United States Patent No. 521,113, issued June 5, 1894, upon an application filed by me, to which patent reference may be had in connection with this specification for a more` complete description of said valve and nozzle.

The pipe 4is preferably of flattened form,

as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, in which form it occupies less of the depth of the `inclosure and also forms a broad seat or platform, on

" nut the` packing is held in place.

2 Maserc which is adapted to rest the lower end of the conical packing 2l, which incloses the spigot 6 and is adapted to fit tightly in the bottom aperture in the water-receptacle. The packing is preferably formed of rubber and may be compressed by means of the nut 22,a screwed onto the end of the spigot, by means of which l The tray l2 may be supported Within the inclosure in any known manner, as by the brackets 23, attached to the interior Wall of the inclosure.

I have shown the upper end of the waterreeeptcele presided with an aperture 24, approximatelylin line with a similar aperture 25, located inthe center of the cover 3, and a filter 26;'having a funnel-shaped bottom I27, adapted to rest upor an annular rib o r flange 28, formed on the cover, surrounding the central aperture therein, with` the contracted end 29 of saidilter-bottom communicating with -thevvater-receptacle through said apertures lby Letters Patent, is

l. In a Water-cooler, the combination with l an inclosure; -an exterior nozzle; an interior spigot; a pipe having an extension and connecting said spigot and nozzle; and a valve; of a removable; water-receptacle located within the inclosure having a bottom aperture adaptedto receive and fit said spigot and a packing surrounding the same and seated "upon said extension, substantially as described.

2. In a water-cooler, the` combination with an inclosure; an exterior nozzle; a verticallyarranged interior spigot; a pipe connecting Said spigot and nozzle and having an exten.-

sion securing the same to the bottom of said inclosure; and a valve; of a removable water-receptacle located within the inclosure and provided with a bottom aperture adapted to receive and 'lit said spigot; and` supporting, mechanism interposed between the side Wall of the water-receptacle and the inclosure-Wall, substantially asdescribed.

In a Water-cooler, the combination with an inclosure an exterior nozzle; a verticallyar-ranged interior spigot; a pipe connecting .said spigot andnozzle and. having an extension securing the same to the bottom of the inclosure; and a valve; of aremovable waterreceptacle located withinlthe inclosure and provided with a bottom aperture adapted to receive and iit said spigot; an apertured icesupporting tray inclosing said water-recepta- 'cle within thednclosure; and a petcoclr communicating with the lower portion of the inclosure, substantially as described.

4. In a Water-cooler, the combination with a covered inclosure having on its cover an exterior supportingflange and a central aperture; an exterior nozzle; au interior spigot; a pipe connecting said spigot and nozzle; and a valve; of a removable Water-receptacle Within the inclosure having au aperture in its lower end adapted to receive and lit saidspigof, and an aperture in its upper end approximately in line with the aperture in the top of the inclosure; and a lilter superposed upon the flange of the cover of the inclosure and communicating with the.` Water-receptacle through said apertures in the inclosure-cover and Water-receptacle respectively, substantially as described.

5. In a 'Water-cooler, the combinatiouuvith a covered inclosure having in its top a central aperture surrou nded byan an nular flange or rib; an exterior nozzle; an 'interior spigot; a pipe connecting said spigota'nd nozzle; and a v ive; or" a removable Water-receptacle within theinclosure ha i ing an aperturefm'its lower end adapted to rlfeeive and .fit said .-spigot;

and an aperture in its upper end approximately in lincw'i hthe aperture in the top of the inclosure; and a filter having afunnelshaped bottom adapted to rest upon said annular ange on the top of the inclosure and having its contracted end adapted to communi cate with the Water-receptacle through. said apertures in the inclosure-cover and Waterreceptacle, respectively, substantially as described.

6. In a water-cooler, the combination with an inclosure; .an exterior nozzle; au interior spigot; a flattened pipe connecting said nozzle and spigot; an upwardly-tapered lpacking inclosing saidspigot and adapted to rest-upon said flattened pipe; and a valve; cfa removable water-receptacle Within said inclosure having a bottomlaperture adapted-to receive and fit said conical spigot-packing;,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Sth lday of July, 1899.

. CHARLES IV. HART.

Witnesses:

GEO. ArMosHER, FRANK C. CURTIS.

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